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D14041-3
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- 1943-02-03 (Creation)
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In February of 1943, the $152,000 vocational training center at Clover Park High School was completed. Classes would immediately commence there for both men and women. The facility included an airplane hangar, large machine shop, automotive shop, sheet metal shop and space for training in welding, shipfitting, woodwork and drafting. The facility was built with federal grants obtained by A.G. Hudtloff. There was such a demand for vocational training to fill positions in the wartime industries that the school ran 24 hours a day. School would commence despite the large piles of construction materials still lying about. (T.Times 2/4/1943, pg. 3; TNT 2/4/43, pg. 1)
Public schools--Lakewood--1940-1950; Clover Park High School (Lakewood); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma;